What To Never Say To A Ptsd Sufferer

[Bartie]

"I don't know what to do"....and if the psychiatrist didnt know what to do....who did! I then felt I was in real real trouble!

 

[rjtransient]

"Why do you dream so much? Why are you so ambitious?
You probably should have died a long time ago. You barely made it out alive.
Be happy with what you have. Dreams are for other people."

inspirational words of my father

It doesn't matter that someone passed away in that car accident. That person was old.

:confused::(:eek:

Wow. Just... wow.

I want to throw holy water on those people and run away. (No offense intended)

 

[Philippa]

I've been told by someone who was molested and has PTSD himself to "move on" and "lighten the f*ck up":confused: Go figure?

Is it even possible that someone who has the same disorder that we all do could also be as stupid as people who say these things and don't know what we are going through?

 

[sky dancer]

What not to say to someone with PTSD? Hey, why can't you just get over it!

 

[rjtransient]

All I can really add to this thread is this -

If somebody ever gives you a feeling of dread - do not get in the car so to speak. That's called intuition. If you're wrong, you haven't lost a thing. And if you're right - you might have just saved your own life!

I just caught this. Good advice. Thanks.

 

[Poppycocteau]

"Get over yourself. Someone who'd survived a Nazi concentration camp would have less emotional baggage than you. Enough of this self-indulgent psychobabble. End of conversation."

My dad, at his best.

 

[scott_1971_h]

"It must have happened for a reason"... (Yeti the Abominable Snowmum)
Yep, it happened because both my parents a psychopathic prats...

 

[shadowchaser]

What you think your the only person with problems

Stop pretending something is wrong you know your fine

You need to get a life

You should just forgive and forget

Your only doing this to yourself

Your such a drama queen

Your just doing this because you like the attention

Faker

Loving words from my mother growing up. And some of the family still wonders why I don't get along with her.

 

[OKRADLAK]

"Your bitternness only hurts you, not them."

Like a fist to the skull hurt me, not them. FREAKIN' DUH.

 

[Mercy]

You are too old for this( I'm 60).

People in therapy are so self absorbed.

Years of therapy is selfish.

Don't you see how your being on the edge effects the whole family....Yeah, living with PTSD is hard. I taught my family how to treat me..like a doormat/household fixture.

 

[Deleted member 487]

I have heard a lot of what has been said here, sadly a lot by one of my disability advocates.

 

[mamachick]

Well, if he really put the gun to your head, you should be afraid.....
DUH........Guess I responded inappropriately, my momma never taught me any manners no how..